Portable hammock-support



(N0 Model.)

PORTABLE HAMMOGK- SUPPORT. Y

Patented Ja.11.22, 1884.'

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(No Model.) l 2 Sheets-Shef 2.

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PORTABLE HAMMOGK SUPP-ORT.

No. 2925204. 11am-,@Jn'1-,ed Jang 22,1884.

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EeBnRr-OJOOOK, vor CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

'PORTABLE- HAMMOoK-su-PPORT. Y

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,204, dated Application filed' June 23, 18E3.` (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, EGBERr C. COOK, of Chicago, in the county'of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certainl new and useful. Improvements inPortableHammock-Supporters, of which the following,'in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification.

In the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of aportablehammock-support embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of thev same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken above the table, as at x x. Fig. 41s a sectional detail showing the construction of the upper part of the frame. Fig. 5 is a detail showing the folding end piece. Fig. 6 is a detail showing the mode of securing the folding legs to the base-piece. Fig. 7 is a section in the plane of the linex' m', Fig. 6, and Fig.8 isa detail showing the construction of the lower part of the frame.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts. My purpose is to make a'portable hammocksupporter which may be compactly folded fortransportation, which may be taken apart and arranged' together with facility, and which shall be extensible.

A A represent the end posts or standards, and B B are base-pieces, from the central parts of which the posts A A project vertically.

I deem-it preferable, in Order to retain the posts A A iirmly in place, to make tenons a aon the lower ends thereof, and to mortise the base-pieces B B correspondingly to receive the said tenons; but these tenons and mortises are not absolutely essential, as will hereinafter more fully appear. C C are legs or braces hinged at their upper ends to the sides of the posts A A, as shown at b b. The lower ends of these legs enter mortises c c in the basepieces B B,as is clearly indicated in Fig. 6.

D D are plates pivoted near one corner to the base-pieces B B These plates are adapted to rest firmly on the base-pieces B B, and also to overlap the legs or braces C C, as is plainly indicated in Figs. 2, 6, and 7.

EE are removable headed bolts passing upward through the base-pieces B B and through the plates D D, the heads of the'said bolts be ing downward; andFFare nuts run upon'the upper or screw-threaded ends ofthe said bolts., These bolts are so located as to lock the plates D D in such a position as to retain 'the lower January 22, 1864.

ends of the legs C C in the mortises c c when the nuts F F are run upon the bolts.

G G are longitudinal bars, the outer ends of which have tenons d d, entering the inner faces of the posts or uprights A A. -The other or inner ends of these bars overlap each other,

and e e are holes in the parts G and G'.

H H are headed bolts, each passing thro ugh a hole in the part G, and also through a hole in the part G', and I I are' nuts run upon the lower or screw-threaded ends of the said bolts.v

as shown at K K, Fig. l.

L L are inclined braces extending from the posts A A downward and inward'to the bars J J. The ends of these braces are provided with tenons, by preference, which enter mortises in the posts A A and bars J J.

M M are hooks' connecting the lower por tions ofthe braces L L to the bars J J, and N N are hooks connecting the bars G G' to the posts AA'. f.

O is the hammock, the eyes or loops of which pass through holes h h in the upper parts of the posts A A, and vare connected to eyesor staples h' h', near the lower part of the said posts, by means of cords i z', as shown in Figs. l and 2.

P is the awning, and Q Q are bars or rods, to which the ends of the awning are attached.

the rods Q Q and the posts A A.

S S are nuts run upon the outer or screw! threaded ends of the bolts R B, they heads of 9o the bolts being in contact with the inner sides of the bars Q Q. l.

I make the base-pieces B B, the posts A A, the legs C C, the braces L L, and the bars G G' and J J of wood.

T is a strip of sail-canvas of the ordinary width, hemmed at the ends to receive rods or end bars, T' T', which I secure to the posts A A in like manner as the bars or rods Q Q are secured thereto.- This strip is located at about the height indicated in- Fig. l, and when ap- IOO plied is int-ended to serve as a detachable table. To set up this frame, I set the posts A A vertically on the base-pieces B B and place the lower ends of the legs C C in the sockets c c, first unserewing the nuts F F, removing the bolts E E, and turning the plates D D around on their pivots, so as to expose those openings or sockets. rIhe position of the plates D D when in position to expose the sockets c c is indicated by the dotted lines at D in Fig. 5. I then lock the lower ends of the legs C C in position by turning the plates D D to the position shown by the full lines in .3, inserting the bolts E E and applying the nuts F F. I then lower the bars J J and arrange the braces L L in place and secure them by means of the hooks )I M. rIhe bars G G are then arranged in place and secured by means of the hooks N N. rlhese two halves of the frame are connected by means of the bolts H H and those shown at K l, the frame or support being made either longer or shorter by arranging the said bolts either in one or the other sets of openings made to receive them. ,The awning may then be -applied by passing the bolts R R through the bars Q Q and the posts A A, and by applying the nuts S S. The awning may be tilted as maybe desired by loosening the nuts S S slightly, inelining the rods Q Q, or setting them at the desired angle, and then tightening the nuts S S. The hammock may then be swung or attached to the frame by passing the loops or eyes thereof through the holes /L It in the posts A A and connecting the cords 1'. t to the staples or fastenings 71. h. The table T lnay be arranged in place in like manner as the awning I) is applied, and is eut away at the ends, as shown atj j, to re ceive the braces L L.

It will be perceived that both the hammock and the awning may be applied and removed with facility.

To take down the frame, I unfasten the braces L L and detach them, and remove the bolts passing through the bars G G and J J, and unlock the lower ends of the legs C C by removing the nuts F F and bolts E E and turning the plates D D so that those legs may be lifted from theirv sockets in the base-pieces B B. rI`he bars J J and legs C C may now be folded up compactly against the legs AA, the v latter of which may also be removed or separated from the base-pieces B B. It is to be und-erstood, of course, that the bars G G are to be unhooked from the posts A A.

It will be perceived that this haunnock-support may not only be easily set up and taken down, but that it may also be very colnpaetly folded and packed for transportation.

rIhe detachable table will be serviceable at picnics and lawn-parties, being easily applied and removed, and when used the hammock may either be temporarily detached from its supports or folded up over the bars above it.

rlhe awning and table may be rolled compaetly on one of the end bars after the latter are detached from the posts A A; or they may be otherwise eompactly arranged.

l'laving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent, is-

The combination of the posts or standards A A, the detachable feet or base-pieces B B, the folding legs or braces C C, hinged at their upper ends to the said posts, the folding and extensible bars J J, hinged to the said posts and detaehably connected to each other, the detachablc'extensibly-conneeted bars G G', the detachable braces L L, the hammock, and the tilting awning, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

EGBERT C. COOK.

XVitnesses: f

F. F. WARNER, J. B. HALPENNY. 

